Wind Band Classics - Trendsetters - Music for Wind Band / Parker, et al

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Album Summary

Conductor

• Parker, Harlan D.

Ensemble

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Composers

• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Joseph Schwantner (1943 - )
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)

Notes & Reviews:

The Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble's 150th Anniversary album 'Collage' and its acclaimed recording of the 'Carmina Burana Suite' and other works have secured its reputation as belonging "among the very top wind bands in the US" (Fanfare). With this addition to Naxos' popular Wind Band Classics series the Ensemble explores the music of four musical trendsetters - Hindemith, whose exhilarating 'Symphony' convinced other leading composers that the wind band is a legitimate medium for serious music; Holst, whose 'First Suite' is regarded as a cornerstone of the band repertoire; Schwantner, whose '...and the mountains rising nowhere' calls for amplified contrabass, piano and 46 percussion instruments; and Grainger, whose 'Lincolnshire Posy' is considered a pinnacle among his folk-music settings.

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Works Details

Hindemith, Paul : Symphony for Concert Band in B flat major

• Conductor: Harlan Parker
• Running Time: 17 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1951

Holst, Gustav : Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1

• Conductor: Harlan Parker
• Running Time: 10 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909

Schwantner, Joseph : ...and the mountains rising nowhere

• Conductor: Harlan Parker
• Running Time: 12 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1977

Grainger, Percy : Lincolnshire Posy

• Conductor: Harlan Parker
• Notes: Composition written: 1905-37.
• Running Time: 15 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905-1937